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pikeminnow

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pikeminnow
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of the cyprinid fish of the genus Ptychocheilus, which are voracious predators on small trout and salmon.

Etymology

From pike + minnow.

Inflected Forms

pikeminnows (plural)

Phrases

Colorado pikeminnow northern pikeminnow Sacramento pikeminnow Umpqua pikeminnow

Synonyms

squawfish

Questions

What does pikeminnow mean?
Any of the cyprinid fish of the genus Ptychocheilus, which are voracious predators on small trout and salmon.
Where does pikeminnow come from?
From pike + minnow.

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